The scammers (a Romanian crime gang) sold cars, vans, motor-homes on ebay. Once a buyer had been hooked they were sent fake
ebay emails with links to fake Paypal bank accounts, very convincing.

Payment was made to fake accounts which was then with drawn as cash soon after.

For this con to work the scammers opened hundreds of fraudalent bank accounts using fake ID.

What surprised me was how easy it was to open a fraudalent bank account, the banks are supposed to
make checks for possible money laundering activity.

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Banks primary concern is to make money.If the amount is large enough,certain 'procedural details' often seem to be overlooked.It seems like the only penalty for this is a fine,and only then if they are caught.

Banks primary concern is to make money.If the amount is large enough,certain 'procedural details' often seem to be overlooked.It seems like the only penalty for this is a fine,and only then if they are caught.